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Allowed6 September 20243341293

Churchfields Care Home , Pound Lane, Cassington, Oxfordshire, OX29 4BN

Planning appeal 3341293 at Churchfields Care Home , Pound Lane, Cassington, Oxfordshire, OX29 4BN (West Oxfordshire District Council) was allowed on 6 September 2024 by Inspector Rawle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other relevant development plan policies.

the erection of a key worker nurse accommodation block

Authority
West Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Rawle S
Postcode
OX29 4BN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants, with regard to noise and the quality of living space
  • Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The identified need for key worker accommodation at the care home, which is clearly outweighed by the modest harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness, constitutes very special circumstances justifying the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy OS2Policy CAS9Policy H2Policy OS4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 154

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